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1 hour ago, Clueless Northman said:

The Istari did the same in Season 1 already (or at the very least Gandalf).

Not just that. The foundation of Mordor, the making of the 3 Elven rings (ahead of the others) and the last period of Numenor are in the same timeframe. 

It doesn't look like the season will go as far as I had expected (Rhaenyra takes KL) unless they're cutting out the Battle of the Gullet and changing Jace's fate somewhat.

1 hour ago, The Dragon Demands said:

This trailer is mostly just better shots of things that were already in the other teasers, i.e. a really good shot of Cregan Stark but we already saw him from behind; no Jeyne Arryn or White Walker stuff. The only new "information" and not just new dragon shots:

• 1 - Clear shot of Cregan Stark
• 2 - Clear shot of Alyn of Hull
• 3 - First really good shot of Sunfyre, ridden by Aegon II
• 4 - A raven flying through northern woods? Matches the leak that the cold open prologue is of Starks receiving news Viserys is dead

Nevermind, Alyn is wearing a Velaryon armor, I had to go back and pause it. I thought KG at first.

So in season 1 Sauron took human form. Now he has the same face but just got a wig and pointy ears to look like an elf. Utter stupidity. 

9 hours ago, IlyaP said:

It's magnificently bad. 

https://gizmodo.com/crystal-star-really-is-the-worst-star-wars-book-ever-1788426849

Even worse than Chuck Wending's Aftermath books? I only read the first one and its prose was at the same level as this Crystal Star.

On 5/11/2024 at 6:17 PM, Werthead said:

The point-defence cannons on the Khar-Kushan in Homeworld 3 are my favourite things ever. They zip over the hull of the ship on rail tracks going "BRRRRRRTTTTTT!" like a host of angry A10 Warthogs.

Assault Frigates - pretty useless in the first two games - are also now worthwhile as they have three or four PDCs mounted on them spraying fire at fighters whilst their main guns are now okay at damaging super capital ships. Carriers and stationary PDC turrets are also sweet for this.

It's all a bit Expanse, which is interesting as Homeworld 2 coincided with OG BSG coming out, with both making heavy use of flak (not they could copy one another, HW2 came out a couple of months before the show).

So the reviews on Steam are dishearteningly mixed. I haven't delved too deeply in them, but it appears quite a few of the negatives are centered on the story, which is sad given how good the first two games were in that department despite being fairly minimalistic. There are also some negatives regarding path finding issues.

38 minutes ago, Werthead said:

Very excited to play Manor Lords once it's out of Early Access. Very nice.

 

Me too. I bought it because of the discount price but haven't played it yet. I'm waiting for more stuff to be fleshed out.

6 hours ago, Arakasi said:

Maybe wraps up with the fall of Osaka and the ending of Hideyoshi’s line?

Or go another generation and see the conflict expulsion of the Westerners except for that minor Dutch port and the brutal repression of Christians.

Bayer 04 Neverlosen vs AS "Sore losers" Roma. 

Football script writers - time to take down Leverkusen? Nah, have Roma score an own goal caused by their really good goalkeeper then have Bayer score another in the last minute of stoppage. The plot armor must continue.

1 hour ago, Isis said:

They cannot have Sir Ian or (Sir) Viggo play their former roles for obvious age reasons so they would have to recast otherwise it'll be a gross de-ageing mess.

I see why it makes sense for Serkis to do this. Not sure why PJ wants to be involved really. But perhaps it does not happen at all without his name.

 

It's okay, they can bring back Orlando Bloom as Legolas, again.

10 minutes ago, Werthead said:

A Russian AA team blew up their own Buk missile system, which is impressive.

Is this another case of the missile returning to the sender or did they blow it just by overloading something?

Already picturing him with a straw hat and riding a donkey in season 2.

I know the plan is to alternate this show with HOTD, but maybe accelerate this show before this kid grows up too much. Unless they are secretly planning on going as far as the beginning of Egg's reign, or maybe Maekar's reign at the least.

I have to say, these last few CL matches have been a delight to watch compared to the PL where one side doesn't show up and gets completely annihilated. 

7 minutes ago, Consigliere said:

Real were clearly the better side. They almost pulled a PSG by fluffing all those chances but got the job done in the end.

I was thinking that by the end of the 1st half and more so when Davies scored. Then Tuchel started making substitutions.

And an officiating mistake at the end to close it out. Ah well.

22 minutes ago, ljkeane said:

Real getting Real’d by Bayern would be amusing.

Well that's not happening. Real are doing their thing again.

Lets go Dortmund!

What a mistake by Neuer. And Tuchel subbed off the main attacking players.

It is known that when a tornado hits, Einstein's E = mc^2 starts applying to the human body mass, thus better anchoring humans to the ground, while otherwise heavier objects go flying.

7 minutes ago, Zorral said:

The announcement early this AM that Biden has 'paused' the shipment of thousands of bombs to Israel -- do you honestly believe would have been made without the student protests in an election year?

Added a bit to your post. We can't ever forget about the politics.

Dortmund's goal frame has been the MVP so far.

31 minutes ago, Werthead said:

Kadyrov - for some reason - has set the Russian military the target of capturing Kharkiv and Odesa within one month. This seems a tad ambitious.

Some responses that Kadyrov should set himself the target of not making any more videos to prove his health which instead seem to suggest he's teetering at death's door.

Kadyrov's make a wish plea to Putin.

The fact that Chelsea is above United in the table. 

Booked my flight: the 7th thru 13th.

Damn, Liverpool has fallen asleep in the last 10 minutes.